أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْحِمْصِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ حِمْيَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْکَدِرِ وَذَکَرَ آخَرَ قَبْلَهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ هُرْمُزَ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَانَ إِذَا قَامَ يُصَلِّي تَطَوُّعًا قَالَ اللَّهُ أَکْبَرُ وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّذِي فَطَرَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ حَنِيفًا مُسْلِمًا وَمَا أَنَا مِنْ الْمُشْرِکِينَ إِنَّ صَلَاتِي وَنُسُکِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ لَا شَرِيکَ لَهُ وَبِذَلِکَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ الْمَلِکُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَکَ وَبِحَمْدِکَ ثُمَّ يَقْرَأُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 902
It was narrated from Muhammad bin Maslamah that when the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم stood to offer a voluntary prayer he would say: (Allah is Most Great. Verily, I have turned my face toward Him Who has created the heavens and the Earth Hanifa (worshipping none but Allah alone), as a Muslim, and I am not of the idolators. Verily, my Salah, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of the all that exists. He has no partner. And of this I have been commanded, and I am the first of the Muslims Allah, You are the Sovereign, there is none worthy of worship but You, glory and praise be to You.)” Then he would recite. (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020